The 2006 Women's Gold Cup, which will serve as qualifying for the 2007 Women's World Cup, will take place in Miami and Carson, Calif., Nov. 19-26.

Jamaica, Mexico, Panama and Trinidad & Tobago playing first-round matches on Nov. 19 at Miami's Tropical Park Stadium.

The winners will meet the USA or Canada in the semifinals on Nov. 22 at the Home Depot Center. The final and third-place game will be held on Nov. 26.

The Gold Cup winner and the runner-up will qualify automatically to the 2007 Women's World Cup in China. The third-place finisher from the CONCACAF event will face Japan in a home-and-away playoff for the final berth to the FIFA tournament.